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Hotel California (Chrom)

by Eagles · posted by marion

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
6 6 6    -5 -5 -5    6   6  6   -5 -5 -5
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in my hair
-5 6 6   -5 -5 -5   -5 6 6 6 6   -5 -5 -5 5 -3
Warm smell of colitas, rising up through the air
6 6 6   -5 5 5   6   5   6 6 6   -5 5 5
Up ahead in the distance, I saw a shimmering light
-1   -5 -5 -5 -5 -5 5 -5   5  6
My head grew heavy and my sight grew dim
2   6 6 6   -5 -5 -5   6
I had to stop for the night
6 6 -6    6 6 -6    6
There she stood in the doorway;
2   6 6 6   -5  -5
I heard the mission bell
-1    -5 -5 -5 5 -5 -5    6
And I was thinking to myself,
6 6 6 6    6 6 6    -5 -5 -5 5    -3
"This could be Heaven or this could be Hell"
6 6 6    -5 5 5    6    5 -5 6    -3 5 6   -5 5 5
Then she lit up a candle and she showed me the way
-5  -5  -5  -5  -5  5  -5     5     6
There were voices down the corridor,
-5    6  6  6    7*   6   -5
I thought I heard them say...

-6   -6  -6  -6   -6   -6   7   -6   -6    6
Welcome to the Hotel California
6  6  6  -5 -5  -5   (6  6  6  -5 -5  -5)
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
-5  -5  -5  5  5    5
Such a lovely face
5    -6  -6  -6   -6   -6 -6 -6    -6  7 -6  -6  6
Plenty of room at the Hotel California
6  6  6 -5 -5  -5   (-5  6  6  -5  -5  -5)
Any time of year (Any time of year)
6 -6 -6  6  6     6
You can find it here
(Repeat)

6   6   -6  6 -6   -5    6
Mirrors on the ceiling,
2  2  2    6    6    6 -5 -5 6
The pink champagne on ice
6 -5 -5   -5    6   -5 -5 -5 6 6 6 6    -5 5 5
And she said "We are all just prisoners here, of our own device"
-2    6 6 6   -5 5 5   -5    6
And in the master's chambers,
5 5 2 6 -5    -5 5 5
They gathered for the feast
-1   -5   -5   -5 5 -5   5   6
They stab it with their steely knives,
-5 5 6    6      6 -5 6
But they just can't kill the beast
(Repeat This Verse)

Her mind is Tiffany-twisted, she got the Mercedes bends
She got a lot of pretty, pretty boys she calls friends
How they dance in the courtyard, sweet summer sweat.
Some dance to remember, some dance to forget
So I called up the Captain,
"Please bring me my wine"
He said, "We haven't had that spirit here since nineteen sixty nine"
And still those voices are calling from far away,
Wake you up in the middle of the night
Just to hear them say...

Welcome to the Hotel California
Such a lovely place (Such a lovely place)
Such a lovely face
They livin' it up at the Hotel California
What a nice surprise (what a nice surprise)
Bring your alibis

Last thing I remember, I was
Running for the door
I had to find the passage back
To the place I was before
"Relax, " said the night man,
"We are programmed to receive.
You can check-out any time you like,
But you can never leave! "

This song plays with karaoke music run time 4:28.
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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